‘Worth the wait’ Ampatuan brothers convicted in 10-year massacre case
MANILA – After ten years, a guilty
verdict has been laid for those behind the Maguindanao massacre, a gruesome
incident that claimed the lives of 57...
No closure yet for family of Maguindanao massacre’s 58th victim
MANILA – Justice has been served for most of the victims of the gruesome Maguindanao Massacre on December 19, but one family continues to...
Mangudadatu wants death penalty for the Ampatuans
MANILA – The convicts of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre must not only rot in jail but should be sentenced with death penalty, Maguindanao Rep....
UK urges China to open dialogue with Hong Kong
LONDON – Britain urged China on
Thursday to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and respect the commitments
it made 35 years ago in the Sino-British...
Malaysia defends Muslim summit
KUALA LUMPUR – Hosting a summit of
Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state
of Islam and defended the meeting that has been...
Australian state declares emergency
SYDNEY – Australia’s most populous
state declared its second emergency on Thursday as extreme heat stoked over 100
bushfires, including three major blazes on Sydney’s doorstep.
The...
‘Shabu’ worth P150K seized
BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu
weighing about 10 grams valued around P150,000 was seized in a buy-bust
operation in Barangay 17.
The 51-year-old Raquel Cantiller and
47-year-old...
Verdict in PH’s worst political massacre due today
MANILA – The camp of Maguindanao Rep. Toto Mangudadatu is optimistic that justice will finally be served to 58 victims of the Maguindanao massacre when the...
Teach kids about their rights – Commission
ILOILO City – Children have key roles
in the campaign to end violence against women (VAW), according to the
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).
They should be...
Bacolod City crime rate drops 34.6%
BACOLOD City – The
number of crimes in this city went down by 34.59 percent from January to
November this year, according to the Bacolod City Police...